Schaefer O, Baumann T, Treier M, Langer M. Diagnostik entzündlicher und tumoröser Erkrankungen des Kolons.
Radiologe 2006;
46:703-19; quiz 720. [PMID:
16896635 DOI:
10.1007/s00117-006-1403-6]
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Abstract
The detection of inflammatory and tumorous conditions of the colon is one of the main topics in current abdominal radiology. The barium enema was introduced first in 1923 by Fischer, and has represented the workhorse of intestinal diagnostics for decades. The widespread use of endoscopy and the ongoing technical improvements in CT and MRI, however, have led to an inevitable displacement of this technique. Nevertheless, radiographs and enema are frequently employed in the initial work-up of patients with suspected colonic disease. This article provides an overview of the most important entities of inflammatory and tumorous changes of the colon.
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